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Church Service lists
Download the monthly lists (PDF) from the Church Matters page. All services are also listed individually below.
REGULAR FITNESS CLASSES
Laban Dance Fitness. Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall Every Tuesday 10-11am – Dance your way to fitness with a whole body workout. £5/session (paid half termly in advance) or £6 paid in a weekly basis. With Sarah Mitchell (KFA Registered level 3 instructor) 01258 817288 or email hartmoor.farm@outlook.com
Mixed ability yoga – Thursday 18.45 – 20.00pm at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. Contact Melisa Holloway 07887 578154 melisa@stardaffs.com
Valley Yoga and Wellness – contact Kim Jones for more details about her small bespoke yoga and pilates classes, alongside breath work and relaxation classes. Equipment provided. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2671783063154196/?ref=share
March 2026
Thu 5 Mar. 2.30pm Thursday Club – Local boy made good – the story of Ralph Wightman, author and broadcaster by Jan Burnett. Members free, Guests £3. Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. Get more details on https://piddlevalley.life/clubs/thursday-club/
| Friday 6th March | ||
| 6.00pm | Compline | Hilton |
| Sunday 8th March | 3rd Sunday of Lent | |
| 9.30am | Holy Communion | Piddletrenthide |
| 11.00am | Morning Prayer | Piddlehinton |
| 11.15am | Mattins | Hilton |
| 4.00pm | Evensong | Cheselbourne |
| Friday 13th March | ||
| 6.00pm | Compline | Hilton |
Sat 14 Mar 6.30pm -10pm St Patrick’s Event at Buckland Newton Village Hall. Includes a Ceilidh and Irish Stew/Vegetable Soup. Tickets £15 each In aid of Countrymen UK – see poster here for details: https://piddlevalley.life/2026/03/02/st-patricks-event-march-15/
| Sunday 15th March | 4th Sunday of Lent; Mothering Sunday | |
| 9.30am | Holy Communion | Alton Pancras |
| 11.00am | Holy Communion | Piddlehinton |
| 6.00pm | Evensong | Hilton |
Mon 16 Mar. 6pm Piddle Valley Gardens Club – Members only – discount shopping evening Find out more at the Piddle Valley Gardens Club page.
Thu 19 Mar 6.15 for 6.30pm The Art of the Automobile. A lecture by Roger Mendham focusing on the work of the coachbuilders who were inspired by the art movements and created ‘mpbile works of art’. Dorford Centre, Dorchester. Members free, guests £7. Find out more https://theartssociety.org/events/
| Friday 20th March | ||
| 6.00pm | Compline | Hilton |
Friday Mar 20 7.30-21.30pm – Country dancing As usual we’re at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall, we’ll open at 7.15 for a 7.30 start, £7.50 each. Musician and caller details coming soon Any queries, please email Sally Condon.
| Sunday 22nd March | 5th Sunday of Lent | |
| 9.30am | Holy Communion | Cheselbourne |
| 11.00am | Holy Communion | Piddletrenthide |
| 11.30am | Lay-led Service | Hilton |
| 4.00pm | Evensong | Piddlehinton |
Wed 25 Mar 6pm Piddle Valley Gardens Club – Closing time for submission of Spring Show entries (see Schedule for where to send).
Thu 26 Mar 7pm Piddle Valley Twinning AGM and Supper at the Brace of Pheasants, Plush. All welcome, call 01300 348670 for more info.
Fri 27 Mar. 11.45 for 12.30 serving Lunch Club at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. Contact Kim Sprague 07870-536401 to book (places must be reserved in advance) , or if you would like to volunteer to help with setting up, serving or washing up! Find out more about the Lunch Club.
| Friday 27th March | ||
| 6.00pm | Compline | Hilton |
Sat 28 Mar 2pm Piddle Valley Gardens Club – Spring Show Come and admire your Piddle Valley neighbours skills in growing fruit and vegetables, flowers and plants, art and crafts, photogrpahy and baking.
| Sunday 29th March | Palm Sunday | |
| 9.30am | Holy Communion | Alton Pancras |
| 11.00am | Holy Communion | Hilton |
Mon 30 Mar. Piddle Valley Gardens Club Talk – How well do you know your hedgehogs? with Jeanette Hampstead who runs the Hedgehog rescue in Hazelbury Bryan – Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. Members free, non-members £2. Find out more at the Piddle Valley Gardens Club page
Tue 31 Mar. 7.30pm Monthly Parish Council meeting at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. All are welcome to attend. The agenda for this meeting can be found, within one week before at Council Business Papers – Agendas. The previous meetings draft minutes can be found at Piddle Valley Parish Council draft minutes, while approved minutes can be found at Piddle Valley Parish Council approved minutes. If you have any concerns or matters you want to make the Parish Council aware of please send these to the Clerk using the Parish Council Clerk Contact form.
April 2026
Sun 1 April 5 9-11.30pm Sunday Breakfast at Piddlehinton Village Hall. Come along and enjoy a good breakfast and a sociable chat with friends at a competitive prices. Tea, coffee and fruit juice is available.
| Thursday 2nd April | Maundy Thursday | |
| 6.00pm | Holy Communion | Cheselbourne |
FRI 3 APRIL – GOOD FRIDAY BANK HOLIDAY
| Friday 3rd April | Good Friday | |
| 2.00pm | Good Friday Service | Piddletrenthide |
| 4.00pm | Good Friday Service | Rawlsbury Camp |
Sat 4 April 1030 – 12.00 – Spring Fayre and Coffee Morning – at Piddletrenthide Village Hall. Come along and buy some local makes and bakes, and have a catch up with friends. Put on by the Thursday Club.
| Sunday 5th April | Easter Day | |
| 6.30am | Easter Sunrise Service | Alton Pancras |
| 9.30am | Holy Communion | Piddletrenthide |
| 11.00am | Holy Communion | Hilton |
MON 6 APRIL – EASTER MONDAY BANK HOLIDAY
| Sunday 12th April | 2nd Sunday of Easter | |
| 9.30am | Holy Communion | Piddletrenthide |
| 11.00am | Holy Communion | Melcombe Horsey |
| 11.00am | Morning Prayer | Piddlehinton |
| 11.15am | Mattins | Hilton |
Thu 16 Apr 6.15 for 6.30pm Morocco Blues: Why and how the country changed colour.. A lecture by Elizabeth Gowing. This story takes us from Berber veils to Yves Saint-Laurent who restored Majorelle’s Marrakesh garden, via Modernist Orientalist art and a protected mollusc. Dorford Centre, Dorchester. Members free, guests £7. Find out more https://theartssociety.org/events/
| Sunday 19th April | 3rd Sunday of Easter | |
| 9.30am | Holy Communion | Alton Pancras |
| 11.00am | Holy Communion | Piddlehinton |
| 6.00pm | Evensong | Hilton |
Fri 24 Apr. 11.45 for 12.30 serving Lunch Club at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. Contact Kim Sprague 07870-536401 to book (places must be reserved in advance) , or if you would like to volunteer to help with setting up, serving or washing up! Find out more about the Lunch Club.
| Sunday 26th April | 4th Sunday of Easter | |
| 9.30am | Holy Communion | Cheselbourne |
| 11.00am | Holy Communion | Piddletrenthide |
| 11.30am | Lay-led Service | Hilton |
| 4.00pm | Evensong | Piddlehinton |
Mon 27 Apr. Piddle Valley Gardens Club Talk – Blending wildflower planting into your outdoor space by PlantWild– at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall.Members free, non-members £2. Find out more at the Piddle Valley Gardens Club page
Tue 28 Apr. 7.30pm Monthly Parish Council meeting at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. All are welcome to attend. The agenda for this meeting can be found, within one week before at Council Business Papers – Agendas. The previous meetings draft minutes can be found at Piddle Valley Parish Council draft minutes, while approved minutes can be found at Piddle Valley Parish Council approved minutes. If you have any concerns or matters you want to make the Parish Council aware of please send these to the Clerk using the Parish Council Clerk Contact form.
Thu 30 April – Thu 7 May Sherborne Abbey Festival
May 2026
Sun 1 May 9-11.30pm Sunday Breakfast at Piddlehinton Village Hall. Come along and enjoy a good breakfast and a sociable chat with friends at a competitive prices. Tea, coffee and fruit juice is available.
| Sunday 3rd May | 5th Sunday of Easter | |
| 9.30am | Holy Communion | Alton Pancras |
| 11.00am | Holy Communion | Hilton |
| 11.00am | Mattins | Piddletrenthide |
MON 4 MAY – EARLY MAY BANK HOLIDAY
Thu 7 May 2.30pm Thursday Club – Visit to North Dorset Railway and Museum, Shillingstone, with lunch. Get more details on https://piddlevalley.life/clubs/thursday-club/
| Sunday 10th May | 6th Sunday of Easter | |
| 9.30am | Holy Communion | Piddletrenthide |
| 11.00am | Holy Communion | Melcombe Horsey |
| 11.00am | Morning Prayer | Piddlehinton |
| 11.15am | Mattins | Hilton |
| 4.00pm | Evensong | Cheselbourne |
| Thursday 14th May | Ascension Day | |
| 9.30am | Ascension Day Service | Rawlsbury Camp |
| 6.00pm | Holy Communion | Piddlehinton |
| Sunday 17th May | 7th Sunday of Easter | |
| 9.30am | Holy Communion for St Pancras’ Day | Alton Pancras |
| 11.00am | Holy Communion | Piddlehinton |
| 6.00pm | Evensong | Hilton |
Mon 18 May. Piddle Valley Gardens Club Talk – “To catch the eye of the judge” with Dr Francis Burroughes, at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall – Members free, non-members £2. Find out more at the Piddle Valley Gardens Club page. Get yourself ready for the Summer Show!
Thu 21 May 6.15 for 6.30pm My Daubs The paintings of Winston Churchill. A lecture by Angela Smith. This lecture explains why the great man began to paint, considers some of the subjects he chose and the style he adopted. Dorford Centre, Dorchester. Members free, guests £7. Find out more at https://theartssociety.org/events/
| Sunday 24th May | Pentecost | |
| 9.30am | Holy Communion | Cheselbourne |
| 11.00am | Holy Communion | Piddletrenthide |
| 11.30am | Lay-led Service | Hilton |
| 4.00pm | Evensong | Piddlehinton |
MON 25 MAY – SPRING BANK HOLIDAY
Tue 26 May. 7.30pm Monthly Parish Council meeting at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. All are welcome to attend. The agenda for this meeting can be found, within one week before at Council Business Papers – Agendas. The previous meetings draft minutes can be found at Piddle Valley Parish Council draft minutes, while approved minutes can be found at Piddle Valley Parish Council approved minutes. If you have any concerns or matters you want to make the Parish Council aware of please send these to the Clerk using the Parish Council Clerk Contact form.
Fri 29 May. 11.45 for 12.30 serving Lunch Club at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. Contact Kim Sprague 07870-536401 to book (places must be reserved in advance). Or if you would like to volunteer to help with setting up, serving or washing up! Find out more about the Lunch Club.
Saturday 30 May – 1 – 9.30pm PIDDLEFEST – tickets are available from https://piddlefest.co.uk/
| Sunday 31st May | Trinity Sunday | |
| 9.30am | Holy Communion | Piddletrenthide |
| 11.00am | Holy Communion | Melcombe Horsey |
June 2026
Thu 4 Jun. 2.30pm Thursday Club – Coach trip to the seaside:Portland Bill including museum and lunch at the café. Get more details on https://piddlevalley.life/clubs/thursday-club/
Sat 6 June 2-5pm Charminster Village Fete
Sun 7 June 9-11.30pm Sunday Breakfast at Piddlehinton Village Hall. Come along and enjoy a good breakfast and a sociable chat with friends at a competitive prices. Tea, coffee and fruit juice is available.
Fri 26 June. 11.45 for 12.30 serving Lunch Club at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. Contact Kim Sprague 07870-536401 to book (places must be reserved in advance), or if you would like to volunteer to help with setting up, serving or washing up! Find out more about the Lunch Club.
Sun 28 June. Piddle Valley Gardens Club – Members summer outing location TBC. Find out more at the Piddle Valley Gardens Club page. Get yourself ready for the Summer Show!
Tue 30 Jun. 7.30pm Monthly Parish Council meeting at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. All are welcome to attend. The agenda for this meeting can be found, within one week before at Council Business Papers – Agendas. The previous meetings draft minutes can be found at Piddle Valley Parish Council draft minutes, while approved minutes can be found at Piddle Valley Parish Council approved minutes. If you have any concerns or matters you want to make the Parish Council aware of please send these to the Clerk using the Parish Council Clerk Contact form.
July 2026
Thu 2 July 2.30pm Thursday Club – Tour of the Oxford Baker, Alweston followed by lunch in their cafe. Get more details on https://piddlevalley.life/clubs/thursday-club/
Sun 5 July 9-11.30pm Sunday Breakfast at Piddlehinton Village Hall. Come along and enjoy a good breakfast and a sociable chat with friends at a competitive prices. Tea, coffee and fruit juice is available.
Sat 25 July 12 – 9.30pm Gagglefest – the Gaggle of Geese’s annual music festival. A family friendy day of live music, fun, food and drinks. Bands this year include Big Shorts, The Surfin Birds, Thirsty Ferrets, The Pure Tones, Aphrodite Duo, Milk & Two, Lick the Frog (and friends). Two stages, wood-fired pizas, hog roast, BBQ, garden bar, ice-cream parlour, scrumpy bar, double-decker playbus, laser tag, camping and more! Tickets now available over the bar or via www.ticketsource.co.uk/gaggle Camping, shepherds hut, and furnished bell tents are available at the pub. They will book out quickly! – call us to book (2 night minimum) 01300 345249. Camping is available at a pop-up site in the village (under a mile walk from the pub). at Lanscombe Lane Camping Dorset – 07376 048340.
Sun 26 Jul. Piddle Valley Gardens Club Talk – Members summer lunch – location TBC. Find out more at the Piddle Valley Gardens Club page.
Tue 28 Jul.. 7.30pm Monthly Parish Council meeting at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. All are welcome to attend. The agenda for this meeting can be found, within one week before at Council Business Papers – Agendas. The previous meetings draft minutes can be found at Piddle Valley Parish Council draft minutes, while approved minutes can be found at Piddle Valley Parish Council approved minutes. If you have any concerns or matters you want to make the Parish Council aware of please send these to the Clerk using the Parish Council Clerk Contact form.
Fri 31 July. 11.45 for 12.30 serving Lunch Club at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. Contact Kim Sprague 07870-536401 to book (places must be reserved in advance) , or if you would like to volunteer to help with setting up, serving or washing up! Find out more about the Lunch Club.
August 2026
Sun 2 Aug. 9-11.30pm Sunday Breakfast at Piddlehinton Village Hall. Come along and enjoy a good breakfast and a sociable chat with friends at a competitive prices. Tea, coffee and fruit juice is available.
Thu 6 Aug. 2.30pm Thursday Club – Summer picnic. If wet, in Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. Get more details on https://piddlevalley.life/clubs/thursday-club/
Wed 12 Aug 6pm Piddle Valley Gardens Club – Closing time for submission of Summer Show entries (see Schedule for where to send).
Sat 15 Aug 2pm Piddle Valley Gardens Club – Summer Show at Piddletrenthide Memoria Hall. Come and admire your Piddle Valley neighbours skills in growing fruit and vegetables, flowers and plants, art and crafts, photogrpahy and baking. Refreshments and raffle.
Fri 21 August. 11.45 for 12.30 serving Lunch Club at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. Contact Kim Sprague 07870-536401 to book (places must be reserved in advance) , or if you would like to volunteer to help with setting up, serving or washing up! Find out more about the Lunch Club.
Tue 25 Aug. 7.30pm Monthly Parish Council meeting at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. All are welcome to attend. The agenda for this meeting can be found, within one week before at Council Business Papers – Agendas. The previous meetings draft minutes can be found at Piddle Valley Parish Council draft minutes, while approved minutes can be found at Piddle Valley Parish Council approved minutes. If you have any concerns or matters you want to make the Parish Council aware of please send these to the Clerk using the Parish Council Clerk Contact form.
MON 31 AUG – SUMMER BANK HOLIDAY
September 2026
Thu 3 Sep. 2.30pm Thursday Club – We return to Manor Farm, Godmanstone taking in village sites, including the church and lunch after at the pub. Get more details on https://piddlevalley.life/clubs/thursday-club/
Sun 6 Sep. 9-11.30pm Sunday Breakfast at Piddlehinton Village Hall. Come along and enjoy a good breakfast and a sociable chat with friends at a competitive prices. Tea, coffee and fruit juice is available.
Thu Sep 10 – Sun Sep 13- The French Twinning Association will be welcoming about 14 guests from Longueville.
Fri 25 Sep. 11.45 for 12.30 serving Lunch Club at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. Contact Kim Sprague 07870-536401 to book (places must be reserved in advance) , or if you would like to volunteer to help with setting up, serving or washing up! Find out more about the Lunch Club.
Mon 28 Sep. 7 for 7.30pm Piddle Valley Gardens Club Talk – “Nature’s Garden” with wildlife photographer David Boag. “Nature owns everything, even your garden! Leave your garden unattended for only a couple of months and very quickly you discover nature is taking over. Even in a well cared for garden, wildlife abounds”. Members free, non-members £2. Find out more at the Piddle Valley Gardens Club page.
Tue 29 Sep. 7.30pm Monthly Parish Council meeting at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. All are welcome to attend. The agenda for this meeting can be found, within one week before at Council Business Papers – Agendas. The previous meetings draft minutes can be found at Piddle Valley Parish Council draft minutes, while approved minutes can be found at Piddle Valley Parish Council approved minutes. If you have any concerns or matters you want to make the Parish Council aware of please send these to the Clerk using the Parish Council Clerk Contact form.
October 2026
Thu Oct 1 2.30pm Thursday Club – The CWGC – A talk by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, its history and work around the world, including the graves in our area. Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. Get more details on https://piddlevalley.life/clubs/thursday-club/ The next talk in their series ‘Gardening the Globe‘ is sponsored by the Gardens Club and is on November 30.
Sat 3 Oct. Piddle Valley Gardens Club – Harvest Supper Social at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall, with a talk by (TBC) ‘Dorset’s James Herriot’ Martin Fielding, talking about funny things that have happened during his career as a a vet.. Find out more at the Piddle Valley Gardens Club page.
Sun 4 Oct. 9-11.30pm Sunday Breakfast at Piddlehinton Village Hall. Come along and enjoy a good breakfast and a sociable chat with friends at a competitive prices. Tea, coffee and fruit juice is available.
Mon 26 Oct. 7 for 7.30pm Piddle Valley Gardens Club Talk – “Hedges and Barriers” with a speaker from the Gold Club, Gardens Group. At Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. Members free, non-members £2. Find out more at the Piddle Valley Gardens Club page.
Tue 27 Oct. 7.30pm Monthly Parish Council meeting at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. All are welcome to attend. The agenda for this meeting can be found, within one week before at Council Business Papers – Agendas. The previous meetings draft minutes can be found at Piddle Valley Parish Council draft minutes, while approved minutes can be found at Piddle Valley Parish Council approved minutes. If you have any concerns or matters you want to make the Parish Council aware of please send these to the Clerk using the Parish Council Clerk Contact form.
Fri 30 Oct. 11.45 for 12.30 serving Lunch Club at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. Contact Kim Sprague 07870-536401 to book (places must be reserved in advance) , or if you would like to volunteer to help with setting up, serving or washing up! Find out more about the Lunch Club.
November 2026
Sun 1 Nov. 5 9-11.30pm Sunday Breakfast at Piddlehinton Village Hall. Come along and enjoy a good breakfast and a sociable chat with friends at a competitive prices. Tea, coffee and fruit juice is available.
Thu 5 Nov. 2.30pm Thursday Club – Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. AGM followed by games. Get more details on https://piddlevalley.life/clubs/thursday-club/
Tue 24 Nov. 7.30pm Monthly Parish Council meeting at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. All are welcome to attend. The agenda for this meeting can be found, within one week before at Council Business Papers – Agendas. The previous meetings draft minutes can be found at Piddle Valley Parish Council draft minutes, while approved minutes can be found at Piddle Valley Parish Council approved minutes. If you have any concerns or matters you want to make the Parish Council aware of please send these to the Clerk using the Parish Council Clerk Contact form.
Fri 27 Nov. 11.45 for 12.30 serving Lunch Club at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. Contact Kim Sprague to book (places must be reserved in advance) 07870-536401, or if you would like to volunteer to help with cooking, serving or washing up! Find out more about the Lunch Club.
Mon 30 Nov. 7 for 7.30pm Piddle Valley Gardens Club Talk – “Gardening the globe” with a speaker from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. “Find out more about how the plots and graves are enhanced by horticulture, looking at the early influences on their design and the challenges we face now with climate change. Our horticulture design is influenced by the climate and circumstances of our cemetaries around the world”. Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. Members free, non-members £2. Find out more at the Piddle Valley Gardens Club page.
December 2026
Thu Dec 3 2.30pm Thursday Club – Christmas lunch at a local pub. Get more details on https://piddlevalley.life/clubs/thursday-club
Sun 6 Dec. 9-11.30pm Sunday Breakfast at Piddlehinton Village Hall. Come along and enjoy a good breakfast and a sociable chat with friends at a competitive prices. Tea, coffee and fruit juice is available.
Fri 11 Dec. 11.45 for 12.30 serving Christmas Lunch Club at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. Contact Kim Sprague 07870-536401 to book (places must be reserved in advance) , or if you would like to volunteer to help with setting up, serving or washing up! Find out more about the Lunch Club.
Sat 14 Dec. Piddle Valley Gardens Club – Christmas Social and Quiz at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. Members only. Find out more at the Piddle Valley Gardens Club page.
FRIDAY 25 DEC – CHRISTMAS DAY – BANK HOLIDAY
MONDAY 28 DEC – BOXING DAY – BANK HOLIDAY (substitute day)
Tue 29 Dec – No monthly Parish Council meeting.
January 2027
FRIDAY 1 JANUARY – NEW YEARS DAY – BANK HOLIDAY
Mon 25 Jan. 7 for 7.30pm Piddle Valley Gardens Club AGM – Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall – All members – and new members – welcome! Join for just £12 a year. Find out more at the Piddle Valley Gardens Club page
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